handwriting
    n 1: something written by hand; "she recognized his
         handwriting"; "his hand was illegible" [syn: handwriting,
         hand, script]
    2: the activity of writing by hand; "handwriting can be slow and
       painful for one with arthritis"

Handwriting \Hand"writ`ing\ (-r[imac]t"[i^]ng), n.
   1. The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or
      person; chirography.
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   2. That which is written by hand; manuscript.
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   The handwriting on the wall, a doom pronounced; an omen of
      disaster. --Dan. v. 5.
      [1913 Webster] handwritten

Handwriting
   (Col. 2:14). The "blotting out the handwriting" is the removal
   by the grace of the gospel of the condemnation of the law which
   we had broken.
   

HANDWRITING, evidence. Almost every person's handwriting has something 
whereby it may be distinguished from the writing of others, and this 
difference is sometimes intended by the term. 
     2. It is sometimes necessary to prove that a certain instrument or name 
is in the handwriting of a particular person; that is done either by the 
testimony of a witness, who saw the paper or signature actually written, or 
by one who has by sufficient means, acquired such a knowledge of the general 
character of the handwriting of the party, as will enable him to swear to 
his belief, that the handwriting of the person is the handwriting in 
question. 1 Phil. Ev. 422; Stark. Ev. h.t.; 2 John. Cas. 211; 5 John. R. 
144; 1 Dall. 14; 2 Greenl. R. 33; 6 Serg. & Rawle, 668; 1 Nott & M'Cord, 
554; 19 Johns. R. 134; Anthon's N. P. 77; 1 Ruffin's R. 6; 2 Nott & M'Cord, 
400; 7 Com. Dig. 447; Bac. Ab. Evidence, M; Dane's Ab. Index, h.t.